November 14th, 2006 by Chi An
I’m pleased to announced that The MP3 Players Forum is now open. You’re welcomed to register with us and join our discussion or startup your own topic.
You may ask that why do I need a forum since I have a blog here. The forum is not for me, but you. I’ve missed a lot of interested topics due to the heavy workload of my current day job. Hence, you may alert me through this forum. Or you may raise your question there if you can’t get satisfied answer in my email. Or just simply anything you want to let others know (as long as it is MP3-related).
Join us today!
November 13th, 2006 by Chi An
I’ve seen this picture at iRiverfans forum. The webmaster said it will be the new member of iRiver G series. From the button layout of the picture, it seems to have mobile phone features. Well, it looks pretty much photoshoped! Let see what happen then 
[ via iRiverfans ]
November 4th, 2006 by Chi An
iFixit recently published a complete guide on how to disassemble the world smallest MP3 player - iPod Shuffle 2
. All you need are just a spudger and a Philips screwdriver #00.
Well, let skip all the dissassembling process. What I want to know is what the heck inside this tiny thing!
On the top of its circuit logic board, you can see five button sensors, ARM chip and data cable ribbon. No idea about the ARM chip, but it has the number: 337S3300 844A N05WDK01 0642 ARM
The bottom of the board has a Li-ion polymer battery and headphone jack plug, which is most impressive part of iPod Shuffle 2. The plug is multi-modal and switches between USB, analog audio, and possibly power modes.
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